LICE TIPS

Baytown (Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District) Students with live bugs will not be permitted in school, while children who have only nits may remain. “In 2013, the Texas Department of State Health Services removed Pediculosis from its list of conditions requiring exclusion from school. Students found to be symptomatic of live lice infestation will be assessed by school nurse. Students found to have evidence of live lice will be excluded from school.” Source Goose Creek Consolidated SD Handbook If you find lice in your child’s hair, call LiceDoctors at 713-966-6116 .

This district allows students with nits to remain in school, but sends children home if they have live bugs. “Children are sent home if live lice are found and may return after one treatment. Students are rechecked when returning to school, and again in one week. Children are not sent home if only nits are found. For a copy of the TDH recommended” “Pearland ISD staff does not routinely screen for head lice. If there is a suspected case, the nurse or healthcare assistant will perform a head check on the student and follow up with a phone call to the parent if live lice are found.

Schools in Alexandria do not retain a No Nit policy. In this post you can learn more about the Alexandria schools’ lice policy.

Students with live bugs will not be permitted in school. “Approved Local Board Policy FFAA pertaining to Health Requirements and Services, Physical Examinations, which adds a local policy that continues to mandate that students with a verified condition of live lice be excluded from school until the treatment prerequisite is met. Please call the nurse if you discover that your child has lice. You will need to treat your child for lice before they can return to school.

Norfolk still retains its "no nit" policy and requests that parents of affected students seek treatment immediately to control and eliminate the active infestation before a child returns to school. Head Lice: Screening for head lice is done as the need arises. Infected children will be excluded from school until treatment is received and lice are cleared. We suggest that you examine your child's hair at the beginning of the school year and periodically throughout the year.

Schools Children should be treated at home and are allowed to remain in school with head lice. However, head lice is not considered a communicable disease and is not a health hazard.

MCKINNEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL LICE POLICY This district no longer has a "no nit" policy. "Head Lice (Pediculosis) Guidelines MISD Health Services will follow the steps below in providing information about and the prevention of the spread of head lice. Information is available from the campus nurse and on our website about head lice and its prevention. The campus nurse instructs the students on prevention and the spread of head lice throughout the school year. The nurse checks for head lice on a particular student from the referral of a teacher or the child’s parent.

Garland and Richardson Schools do not enforce strict "no nit" policies. Students will be re-admitted to school after they have been treated and live lice have been killed.

"What can you do for us that we can't do for ourselves?" is a question that we are occasionally asked by inquiring parents in the Garland and Richardson areas. Folks want to know why they need a professional lice treatment service. To eradicate lice, you need to have know-how and the proper tools of the trade. It is important to know that there is a growing resistance among head lice to the chemical shampoos/pesticides, which makes lice eradication more difficult than ever.

Schools in Anne Arundel County have a lenient head lice policy. Each year on average, the district has about 500 cases of lice.